You’re probably thinking of the ziggurat of Ur, which is the most complete ruins of a ziggurat extant, but there’s no historical evidence that that inspired the tower of bable, and there certainly were ziggurats in Babylon before the Persian invasion.
gordon freeman ain’t afraid to do it he doesn’t afraid of anything blew it up twice an once was by flyin an dang car into it, ain’t no arab brave nuff to do that. that’s pretty bad, dude. pretty bad.
tower of Babylon ?
um, no. 1st, it was the Tower of Babel, not the Tower of Babylon.
also, it was in what is now Iraq, about 50 miles south of Baghdad.
Nimrod FTW
Nimrod = the reason I had to learn 2 languages in grad school.
Am I the only one who thinks really tall buildings look deliciously evil?
it looks unreal.
Good to see our gas money isn’t going to waste.
What goes up….
Where did they get their styling cues from, the second Death Star?
Tower of Dubaibalon
Running title to mineral ownership in Dubai must be a bitch
Babel is the Hebrew word for Babylon.
Babylon is about 50-60 miles south of Baghdad.
You’re probably thinking of the ziggurat of Ur, which is the most complete ruins of a ziggurat extant, but there’s no historical evidence that that inspired the tower of bable, and there certainly were ziggurats in Babylon before the Persian invasion.
Also, I can’t believe no one has mentioned the Combine Citadel.
Holy shit that looks just like the combine citadel!!!11
Is that a Gears of War reference? I never did play that game
I cant believe no one mentioned using it to base jump.
phallic.. trying to be the biggest in the world.. the jokes write themselves.
I can’t belive no one mentioned: Wouldn’t it be cool to get a bunch of white people in a plane and fly the plane into the fucker?
Nah, never mind, whitey’s too chicken.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IS OUR ALLY IN THE WAR ON TERROR
yeah, sure they are.
gordon freeman ain’t afraid to do it he doesn’t afraid of anything blew it up twice an once was by flyin an dang car into it, ain’t no arab brave nuff to do that. that’s pretty bad, dude. pretty bad.
This is a movie scale model for the next Godzilla movie, right? Prepare for a 4 hour movie while he makes his way to the top.